Brownie’s in the Garden
The dedicated Brownie Scout Troop #1574 came to our humble little garden this week. It was a win for everyone as they got to earn their gardening badges while I enjoyed free labor! We had a blast talking about the garden, planting, harvesting, and enjoying the fruits (or in this case vegetables) of our harvest. […]
Website and Garden Report – May 2015
Bloggingwithapples.com completed its 8th month of blogging with the close of May. It turned out to be a slow month on the website but from where I was sitting it was a very busy month. We started our Website and Garden Reports in March 2015 to track our homestead’s food production along with costs. We also […]
Planting the Vegetable Garden
My Memorial week vegetable gardening planting marathon is over and I am very happy with the progress. I was rained out from working in the garden Thursday afternoon and Sunday. I also took Wednesday off to go Antique Recipe hunting with Em but we came home without any new collections. Other then that I was in […]
Homemade Cucumber Trellis
Deep Dish Pizza
I have at times been accused of being too creative on pizza nights. For every one success like Potato Pizza there have been a few disasters like the sauerkraut pizza debacle of 2014. Who would have thought kids wouldn’t like fermented cabbage and hot peppers on pizza? For awhile now I have been getting “Can you […]
Planting Tomatoes and Root Vegetables
American BBQ
With Memorial Day weekend here I am excited to do some grilling. When I think of an old fashioned American BBQ I am thinking of cheeseburgers, hot dogs, corn on the cob, potato salad and possibly adult beverages! Nothing too fancy, just a relaxing afternoon at the grill. The kind of meal where even […]